Bill Burkett
Registered: December 2008
Location: East Cape - Baja, Mexico
Posts: 107
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Wed December 14, 2011 9:29am
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Very unique look. Great work.
What's the little tube for?
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Mitchell Ota
Registered: June 2008
Posts: 16
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Wed December 14, 2011 4:56pm
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Thanks Bill. The tube is a bell holder.
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Bill Burkett
Registered: December 2008
Location: East Cape - Baja, Mexico
Posts: 107
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Thu December 15, 2011 9:36am
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OK, what's a bell holder then?
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Mitchell Ota
Registered: June 2008
Posts: 16
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Thu December 15, 2011 11:02pm
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This pole is used for ulua (giant trevally) fishing. Here in Hawaii, we usually cast a pole like this with a 4/0 size trolling reel (Penn 113HLW size) and a 9 or 10oz sinker. After that, we send down our bait using a special swivel. Since there's a lot of waiting (and beer drinking) involved, the pole stays in a sand spike or rod holder. We put a bell on the pole so that the fisherman can be alerted of a fish on the line.
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Bill Burkett
Registered: December 2008
Location: East Cape - Baja, Mexico
Posts: 107
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Sat December 17, 2011 10:02am
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Thanks for the education Mitchell. I like beer drinkin' and fishin'!
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Dan Crenshaw
Registered: May 2006
Posts: 47
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Sat December 17, 2011 8:12pm
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That's really slick!
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Mitchell Ota
Registered: June 2008
Posts: 16
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Sun December 18, 2011 9:41pm
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Thanks Dan. It took me a while to figure out how to get the right combination. I tried putting the red on top on a sample, and that didn't work. So, I went with the Red Metallic and Electra silver on the bottom with the black over, and it came out pretty much how I wanted it.
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